The target is to be the best, not to beat someone else.
Every human being has an essential, inborn striving toward self-actualization.
我喜欢唱歌,我喜欢跳舞。我喜欢表演。这就是我。
Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer.
The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.